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Nerve cells affected by Alzheimer's disease
Neuroscience
How misfolded proteins may contribute to Alzheimer's, dementia
Published July 11, 2025
New study suggests more than 200 types of misfolded proteins could be associated with age-related cognitive decline
Protein folding illustration
Biochemistry
A master of protein origami
Published Summer 2025 Video
Johns Hopkins chemist Stephen Fried has spent decades investigating how protein cells fold, unfold, and misfold, a cause of many neurodegenerative diseases and our cognitive decline. His pioneering work could provide the basis for humans living longer, better, and with our memories intact. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Shaking boxes—for science
Published Spring 2024
What shaking boxes can teach us about how our brains work / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A picture of a brain scan
Biomedical engineering
A brain imaging advance
Published Dec 14, 2023
Hopkins team develops new algorithm that can create 'super-scans' of the brain
illustration of a person with a television as their head
TV brain drain
Published Jan 10, 2023
A recent study from the Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that excess TV viewing can lead to reduced amounts of cranial gray matter.
Abstract image of concentric circles forming a person's head
Brain science
A cure for coma?
Published July 25, 2022
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere aim for better diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes for a condition that still mystifies
Photo of a city crosswalk sign featuring Braille that states, “Press button for accessible signal.”
Brain science
Blind people remember language better than sighted people do
Published April 27, 2022
Researchers theorize that the area responsible for vision in sighted people may enhance recall or language processing abilities in people who are blind
Illustration of person holding a remote control with a television as a head
Exercise science
TV brain drain
Published Winter 2021
A recent study from the Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that excess TV viewing can lead to reduced amounts of cranial gray matter. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
illustration of a baby looking up at a floating ball, while sitting among several red and blue balls
Child Development
Born curious
Published Fall 2021
A new Johns Hopkins study is the first to show that curious babies become curious toddlers / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Olympic rings at night over water in Tokyo
Q+A
The Games go on, but without fans. Will athletes' performance suffer?
Published July 22, 2021 Video
Vikram Chib, whose research focuses on the brain processes behind motivation and incentive and how they relate to motor actions, discusses what to expect from participants in the Tokyo Olympics